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Thu 06 Apr 2023 1:50 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Arab League condemns the Israeli attacks on Palestinian sports facilities

Today, Thursday, the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States condemned the barbaric attack by the Israeli occupation authorities on the Martyr Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in the town of Al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, on March 30, during the Martyr Abu Ammar Cup final match.


The Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories at the Arab League, Saeed Abu Ali, said in a statement, "This targeting of Palestinian sports and sports facilities and infrastructure coincides with the systematic escalation of the serious Israeli violations, aggression and crimes of Netanyahu's far-right government against the Palestinian people throughout the occupied Palestinian territories." Especially in Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, to football, sports and Palestinian stadiums that were not spared from these vicious attacks, which represents a flagrant violation of the rights of the Palestinian people, the system of international law and legitimacy, and human values, especially during a sporting event.


He affirmed the Arab League's full support for the struggle and steadfastness of the Palestinian people, and for the Palestinian sports movement, which confirms its competence and eligibility to represent the State of Palestine in the international sports arena, within the framework of absolute and complete support for the Palestinian people in their just struggle, calling on the international community in its various bodies to intervene immediately by providing international protection for the sports movement. The Palestinian people as well as the Palestinian people, and forcing the occupation authorities to stop all their unilateral measures, guaranteeing the right of the Palestinian people to independence and freedom, and exercising their most basic rights guaranteed to them by all international laws.


Abu Ali called on the International Football Association (FIFA) to actively intervene to guarantee the right of the Palestinian people to practice sports of all kinds freely and safely, allowing Palestine, which is a member of FIFA and its Football Association, and other Palestinian sports federations, to fulfill their obligations to compete in various national and international competitions.

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The Arab League condemns the Israeli attacks on Palestinian sports facilities